Scott Niedermayer, defenceman and a teammate of Stevens for a decade, has described Stevens as not being extremely vocal, but that he would speak up when deemed necessary.

Scott Stevens torpedoed Eric Lindros with an open-ice hit heard round the world. Patrik Elias scored both New Jersey goals including a spectacular late third period game-winner.

Electrified by their captain, Scott Stevens’ hit on Lindros in Game 7, Patrick Elias engineered a late game steal and the Devils completed an historic comeback,.

Eric Lindros learned that lesson the hard way with that infamous hit from the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals as he crossed the blueline.

The nickname got tagged to Lindros at an early age, but if anything, he was more of a trendsetter than a follower.

Stevens, who had driven Eric Lindros from the Eastern Conference finals a year earlier, would go on to alter the trajectory of Paul Kariya’s career with a similarly devastating hit in Game 6 of ...

He wasn’t even credited with delivering what statisticians believed to be a hit. If Stevens and his buddies cut Lindros a break on Wednesday, Friday night was another matter.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New Jersey captain Scott Stevens stood in the Devils’ zone, calmly looking down at Detroit’s Vyacheslav Kozlov, the man he had just leveled with a clean, h… ...

If Scott Stevens was Bill Russell, swatting away five of Wilt’s shots and pulling down 20 rebounds every game, his selection as playoff MVP would be cause for Boston odes and Boston sonnets. … ...

Flyers players accused Stevens of headhunting Lindros, who will remain overnight for observation at Pennsylvania Hospital. “I thought it was kind of dirty,” defenseman Eric Desjardins said.

Lindros, who was voted as one of the NHL's 100 greatest players in 2017, suffered at least five concussions during his dominant, injury-shortened career. A jarring Scott Stevens shoulder-to-head ...

A jarring Scott Stevens shoulder-to-head hit on Lindros in Game 7 of the 2000 Eastern Conference finals was legal at the time, and that came two years after Lindros took another devastating hit ...